The freedom of the debtors

A study done a few years ago showed that a sign of a person’s incompetence is his or her inability to perceive incompetence. We deceive ourselves about our intelligence, for example. I may think I’m pretty smart until I read about a student who did not miss a single question on the SAT, ACT and PSAT tests combined. We deceive ourselves about our appearance. An older friend of mine got on an airport tram and noticed an attractive young woman sitting nearby. She smiled at him, and he thought to himself, I’ve still got it. “Excuse me, sir,” she said. “I can stand. Would you like to take my seat?”